
Miss Victoria Hussey
BSc, MScR
Expertise
I currently work on the NERC QUANTUM programme, seeking to quantify the impact of farming on UK freshwater quality. My research explores the sources, transport and transformation of organic pollutants from pastoral agriculture.
Current positions
Research Associate
School of Chemistry
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Biography
Prior to QUANTUM, I was completing my PhD in Physical Geography at the University of Bristol, titled "Investigating nutrient cycling, retention and bioavailability of effluents discharged from constructed wetlands: optimising wetland management to reduce emerging risks to freshwaters". My research sought to determine the suitability of constructed wetlands for the removal of nutrient pollution from wastewater effluent in the UK, and how systems can be optimised to limit pollution risk to freshwater ecosystems. I explored how carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus were biogeochemically cycled in a newly-constructed wetland, and how these processes could be creating emerging risks for adjacent freshwater environments. For this project, I worked in partnership with collaborators at the British Geological Survey and with a CASE partnership with Wessex Water.
Research interests
I am currently working as a PDRA in the Organic Geochemistry Unit at the University of Bristol, on the NERC-funded QUANTUM project which is part of the Freshwater Quality Programme coordinated by the University of Leeds. QUANTUM is seeking to quantify the impact of pastoral agriculture on UK freshwaters, with a view to informing future policy surrounding the protection of freshwater ecosystems. Within the project, my research focuses on exploring the sources and biogeochemical dynamics of organic pollutants from pastoral agriculture, and their subsequent impact on freshwater habitats. This includes determining chemical profiles for cattle and sheep excreta, and tracking these profiles through both terrestrial and freshwater environments via LC-MS/MS, DI-HRMS and GC-MS.
Prior to QUANTUM, I was completing my PhD in Physical Geography at the University of Bristol, titled "Investigating nutrient cycling, retention and bioavailability of effluents discharged from constructed wetlands: optimising wetland management to reduce emerging risks to freshwaters". My research sought to determine the suitability of constructed wetlands for the removal of nutrient pollution from wastewater effluent in the UK, and how systems can be optimised to limit pollution risk to freshwater ecosystems. I explored how carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus were biogeochemically cycled in a newly-constructed wetland, and how these processes could be creating emerging risks for adjacent freshwater environments. For this project, I worked in partnership with collaborators at the British Geological Survey and with a CASE partnership with Wessex Water.
Publications
Recent publications
02/08/2024Nutrient cycling in wetlands: principles, evidence and practice
Nutrient cycling in wetlands: principles, evidence and practice
Soil functions and ecosystem services research in the Chinese karst Critical Zone
Chemical Geology